Documenting Rapid Response System afferent limb failure and associated patient outcomes

Resuscitation

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 810-814

  Trinkle, Rebecca M ^a,b   Flabouris, Arthas ^a,b  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Afferent limb failure; Patient outcome; Performance measures; Rapid Response Systems

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFERENT LIMB FAILURE; AGED; APACHE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LIMB DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; RESUSCITATION;

AGED; DOCUMENTATION; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITAL RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAL SIGNS;

EID: 79957794134     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2011.03.019     Document Type: Article

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